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one in a million

one in a million noun: something extremely rare or unlikely.

Noun

one in a million

  1. Something extremely rare or unlikely.
    • […]most commonly break outwardly, and not one in a Million inwardly.1686, Gideon Harvey, The Conclave of Physicians, in Two Parts: Detecting Their Intrigues, Frauds, and Plots..., London: for James Partridge, page 43
    • A one in a million, chance of a lifetime ... one in a million you.1980 June, Dees, Sam, “One in a Million You”, in One in a Million You, performed by Larry Graham, Warner Bros.

Synonyms of one in a million

Questions about one in a million

What does one in a million mean?
One in a million means something extremely rare or unlikely.
What part of speech is one in a million?
One in a million is a noun.

Words near one in a million in the dictionary

  1. one hundred per cent
  2. one hundred percent
  3. one hundred percent American
  4. one hundred percent Americans
  5. one hundred thousand
  6. one in a million
  7. one in the eye for
  8. one in the same
  9. one is a poet and doesn't know it
  10. one joke
  11. one jump ahead

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